Decision details

The report presents the Housing Improvement Strategy, a document which sets out the longer-term approach to service improvement, as we move from crisis/ recovery phase through to stabilisation and thinking beyond compliance to our ambition to become an exemplar social landlord. The Strategy establishes internal target timescales for meeting the requirements of the consumer standards, although actual re-grade will be dependent on the Regulator for Social Housing’s inspection timetable. A decision is required regarding adoption of the strategy

That the Executive Member approve the Housing Improvement Strategy and associated Performance Framework for adoption, outlining the Council’s strategic direction and commitment to achieving compliance with the Consumer Standards.

The report details regulatory context within which the council is operating and the link between the Housing Improvement Plan, the Housing Service’s response to the Regulatory Judgement issued by the RSH in September 2024 and the creation of its Improvement Strategy and Performance Framework.

Not to develop a Housing Improvement Strategy was not considered to be an option. Adoption of an Improvement Strategy was a key milestone set by the Regulator of Social Housing in response to the Regulatory Judgement issued in September 2024.